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'Man in iron lung' dead at 78: family
Paul Alexander of Dallas, Texas contracted polio at the age of six, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down and reliant on a mechanical respirator to breathe for much of the time.
Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who spent most of his life being kept alive by an iron lung, has died. He was 78.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
A polio survivor known as the "man in the iron lung" has died aged 78, according to his family and a fundraising website.
Paul Alexander of Dallas, Texas contracted